Clothes-drier.



A. TUTAY.

CLOTHES DRIER. APP'HCATION FILED FEB-4. 191s.

Patented May 23,1916.

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7 i fl'r-ronrgcv ED STATES PATE FFICE.

AUGUST TUTAY,OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST TUTAY, a citizen of the United States, and resident ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in clothes driers, of the class embodying a series of radially extending rope'carrying arms adapted to be spread when in use and collapse or fold against'ea central post or standard when not in' use.

An object of the invention is to produc a relatively strong,-rigid, efficient drier of comparatively inexpensive construction that may be easily and readily movedfromv collapsed to open positionof the arms.

A further object resides in the formation and arrangement of the parts in such manner'asto allow easyaccess tothe raising and lowering means and to the clothes ropes without interfering with any articles that may be hanging upon the drier.

further object resides inincreased efii ciency by reason of the exposure of all of the clothes upon the drier to currents of air byv allowing free passage of the'air radially and across the drier irrespective of the quantity of clothes thereon.

Other objects and advantages. Will appear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying draw-v ings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the drier with a portion of some of the arms broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a portion of one of the collars, showing the manner of attachment of the radially extending arms thereto. Fig.4 is a view of one of the end castings for'the radial arms. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the brace rope hook, showing its formation and means of attachment to the rope.

The invention, as shown, comprises a pair of similar collar-like castings 1- and *2 respectively, each provided with a series of pairs of outwardly extending substantially parallel flanges 3 and l,

V Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 4, 1916. Serial No. 76,165.

Patented May 23, 1916.

threaded bolt -6 passed through the parallel flanges 3 and 4-, and having a threaded relation with one of them, as with the flange 4. a

In like manner, the pairs of flanges 3- and upon the casting -2 receive between them the end of a brace bar 7- pivoted relatively to the collar 2 by means of pins 8 extending through the parallel flanges and having a threaded relation with. one of the same in like manner as the pin 6. The opposite end of each brace bar 7 is pivotally connected to a respective one of the radial arms 5 by a bolt 9- extending through the bar and the'arm.

Each of the collars 1 and 2-are slidably mounted-upon a central post or standard 1O, the collar 1- being preferably held from downward movement along the standard by a sleeve 11 adapted to be secured to the post at any desired elevation by a set screw -l2. is-adapted for movement toward and from the collar 1 for raising and lowering the radially extending arms 5, and to accomplish this in an easy manner, each of the castings 1- and -2 is provided with a pair of diametrically disposed flanges 13 preferably formed between an arm land an arm 3 of different respective pairs of arms, the flanges 13- preferably projecting downwardly from the casting -1 and projecting upwardly from the casting 2-, and this may be accomplished ends passed through pulleys carried by the flanges l8 upon the collar or casting 1 and secured in any suitable manner to the flanges -13 upon the collar or casting -2-. By pulling upon the intermediateportion of the rope, the drier is readily moved from collapsed to open position,'and the standard l0 may be provided with a series of transverse openings -15- for the reception of suitable means, as a pin 16, upon which the collar 2 may rest when it has been moved to properly position the arms 5.

The end of each of the arms 5' is in- .serted between and secured to flanges 17 and 18- formed upon a rope carrying casting 19-, shown in Fig. 4. This casting normally extends transversely of the arms -5 and is provided with a series The collar 2-- I of rope receiving openings and -21, and each of the pins 6 is preferably provided with a substantially fiat head having an opening or a series ofopen: I lngs 22 and the clothes carrying rope 23, which may preferably be a Single piece .of rope, is passed alternately through an opening 22 in a pin 6 and a pair of openings 21 in the casting 19 and then back and through an opening 22 in the next successive pin -6. By stringing the rope in this manner, it extends substantially radially of the'drier and is spaced from arms -5 a sufficient distance to allowthe passage of air between clothes hung upon opposite sides of each arm 5 and to allow the radial passage of currents of air to all of the clothes hung-upon the rope.

-The,drier is preferably provided with a series of brace ropes 24-having their intermediate portions engaged with apair of openings 20 in the casting -19- and their opposite free ends provided with hooks 25 which, in collapsed condition'of the drier, may be carried by screw-eyes--26 and in open condition of the drier are adapted for engagement with openings 21-' in the casting 19 upon the next adjacent radial arm 5. These ropes tend-to brace the entire structure and may, if desired, be

Copies of this patent may be obtained m a lower collar, a series of ra five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. G. 7

What I claim is: I A clothes drier comprising l1 marily designed forthat purpose. 7

an upper and ally extending used for hanging clothes, although not 'pri V i spaced arms 'pos'itionedjbetween respective flanges, pins passed through said arms and said flanges for pivotally connecting the same,

saicllpins having heads providedwith open-r ings, a series of brace bars carried by the lOWer collar and pivotally connectedto' the radially extending arms respectively, across bar securedupon'the end ofeach'radial arm, said; I

cross bar having apair of openings upon each side of said'arm, a clothes rope strung through the openings in said pinsand, successively through the outer openings in a cross bar and it through the opening in the next succeeding pin, anda braceropehaving itsintermediate' portion passed through the'inner openings in said cross bar and its opposite ends pro-' ends of adjacent cross'bars;

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand" this 24th day of January, 1916. v

Witnesses: 1 V

V 'E. A. THo PsoN, v VIOLA HOWLAND,

AUGUsT TU AY;

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